This article was published by the Canada Energy Regulator on May 3, 2023. Seven new renewable diesel facilities are planned, or under construction, in Alberta, British Columbia, Quebec, and Newfoundland and Labrador. These facilities would [Read more]
This article was published by the Canada Energy Regulator on June 21, 2023. Canada is a world leader in renewable electricity generation, and the number of existing and proposed renewable energy projects keep growing. (1) [Read more]
This article was published by the Canada Energy Regulator on June 20, 2023. Canada’s energy landscape would look dramatically different than it does today in a net-zero world, with significant changes in how Canadians produce [Read more]
This article was published by the Canada Energy Regulator on May 3, 2023. Seven new renewable diesel facilities are planned, or under construction, in Alberta, British Columbia, Quebec, and Newfoundland and Labrador. These facilities would [Read more]
This article was published by the Canada Energy Regulator on April 19, 2023. Renewable natural gas or biomethane (RNG) production in Canada began in 2003 when the Trans Québec & Maritimes (TQM) Pipeline started receiving RNG captured [Read more]
This article was published by the Canada Energy Regulator on March 1, 2023. Western Canadian natural gas production(1) hit an all-time high in November 2022, averaging 17.9 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d). The previous record was [Read more]
This article was published by the Canada Energy Regulator on March 15, 2023. Bitumen produced from Alberta’s oil sands is either mined or produced from wells. Only shallow bitumen, up to 75 metres deep, can be [Read more]
This article was published by the Canada Energy Regulator on Feb. 15, 2023. There are approximately 178 remote Indigenous(1) and Northern(2) communities that are not connected to the North American electricity grid and natural gas infrastructure. All-year [Read more]
This article was published by the Canada Energy Regulator on Oct. 26, 2022. Electric vehicle (EV) sales are increasing in Canada and across the world.(1) A record 86,032 electric vehicles were registered in Canada in [Read more]
This article was published by the Canada Energy Regulator on August 31, 2022. Despite being the 39th-largest country in terms of population, in 2020 Canada was the fourth-largest consumer of electricity on a per capita [Read more]
This article was published by the Canada Energy Regulator on July 20, 2022. Canada’s pipeline system is a network of pipelines regulated by federal, provincial, and territorial regulators. It includes more than 760 000 kilometers [Read more]
This article was published by the Canada Energy Regulator on May 25, 2022. Helium is used in high-tech applications including cooling Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machines, the production of fiber optics, semiconductors (transistors), flat panel displays, [Read more]
This article was published by the Canada Energy Regulator on June 8, 2022. Canadian bitumen production from oil sands mining(1) and in situ operations hit a record high of 3.5 million barrels per day (MMb/d) in October 2021. [Read more]
This article was published by the Canada Energy Regulator on May 11, 2022. Canada’s natural gas and crude oil production is concentrated in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin (WCSB). Pipelines carry oil and gas out [Read more]
This article was published by the Canada Energy Regulator on April 27, 2022. In Canada’s Energy Future 2021 (EF2021), total Canadian energy use declines 21 per cent from 2021 to 2050 in its primary scenario [Read more]
This article was published by the Canada Energy Regulator on February 23, 2022. Bitumen or crude bitumen is a thick, sticky form of crude oil. When extracted from the ground, bitumen has the consistency of [Read more]
This article was published by the Canada Energy Regulator on March 30, 2022. Canadian crude oil imports decreased by nearly 20 per cent in 2021, from 579 000 barrels per day (b/d) in 2020 to [Read more]
This article was published by the Canada Energy Regulator on Feb. 9, 2022. Alberta has seen significant changes to its electricity supply mix over the past decade. In 2005, electricity generated from wind and solar [Read more]
This article was published by the Canada Energy Regulator on Jan. 26, 2022. In Canada’s Energy Future 2021 report (EF2021), one of the key findings is that the Evolving Policies ScenarioFootnote1 projects unabated fossil fuel use to [Read more]
International action on climate change has grown since global commitments were made in the 2015 Paris Agreement. In Canada, more ambitious climate commitments were made in April 2021. These include: Increasing the original 2030 target of a [Read more]
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